David and Goliath
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781846145810 (1846145813)
Publish date: October 3rd 2013
Publisher: Allen Lane
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
As the first book I've read by Gladwell, I can see what the fuss is about. His approach to passing along a conclusion by telling an anecdote has become a go to technique in non-fiction. I thought his conclusions, though, were kind of weakly drawn. This one seems to have less of a grand overarching t...
Malcolm Gladwell has always impressed me with his ability to take seemingly disparate elements and link them together to reach a new understanding of a subject. Reading Outliers was like watching a magic trick. This time around, however, Gladwell's book resembles not so much the work of an adroit sc...
I got this book through the Goodreads First Reads giveaway. The idea of studying why and how underdogs beat the odds is intriguing. Gladwell uses two or more real-life examples in every chapter and tie them together with some statistical data to support his premise, but I thought the connection betw...
My usual Malcolm Gladwell review... fascinating anecdotes that make me think about interesting things, but with oversimplified conclusions stemming from wild extrapolations. The book is not very coherent overall either, reading very much like a draft.Meh.
Just love the many different subjects Gladwell tackles. Found the explanation of the David and Goliath story impressive. I think he has mastered the way people think and feel about things, and how their thinking may be faulty. What one thinks is the best thing is often not. Subjects from College, to...
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